Fossils and artifacts from Herto, Ethiopia, include the most complete child and adult crania of
early Homo sapiens. The endocranial cavities of the Herto individuals show that by 160,000 …

Diet-related cranial variation in modern humans is well documented on a regional scale,
with ample examples of cranial changes related to the agricultural transition. However, the …

Twenty Years Since Knecht: New Answers, New Questions and New Approaches to the
Study of Stone Age Armatures Although it goes beyond a simple “proceedings volume”, this …

Recent South Americans have been described as presenting high regional cranial
morphological diversity when compared to other regions of the world. This high diversity is in …

Many studies have described shape variation of the modern human cranium in relation to
subsistence; however, patterns of covariation within the masticatory apparatus (MA) remain …

Objectives Craniofacial variation in past and present Amerindians has been attributed to the
effect of multiple founder events, or to one major migration followed by in situ differentiation …

Ecological factors can be important to shape the patterns of morphological variation among
human populations. Particularly, diet plays a fundamental role in craniofacial variation due …

This study analyzes the effects of bioclimate and masticatory factors on the regional
variability of human cranial forms across 150 ethnic groups worldwide. Morphometric …

Objectives Dental malocclusions in modern populations would be the result of small and
weak jaws developing under low masticatory loads. We assess the validity of this by …

ABSTRACT The Botocudo Indians were hunter‐gatherer groups that occupied the East‐
Central regions of Brazil decimated during the colonial period in the country. During the 19th …